Method, system and computer-readable recording medium for providing image data

• US 8,373,712 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2009
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Lim, Seung Phill
• Primary Examiner(s): Sajous, Wesner
• Application Number:
  US12/618,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20100118040A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,187 Days
• Field of Search: 345/581, 345/418, 345/619, 345649-650, 345/659, 345/678, 345/689, 345/522, 345/531, 345/538, 345/548, 345/551, 382176-177, 382/209, 382/214, 382216-219, 382/282, 382/286, 382289-296, 382/305, 382/311, 701409-411, 701/430, 701/461, 701705-707, 701/758, 701/769
• US Class Current: 345/531
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method, system and computer-readable medium for providing image data. According to an exemplary embodiment, a method of providing image data includes storing a particular region on image data in association with a keyword, comparing conditional information with the keyword associated with the particular region, when receiving the conditional information from a user terminal unit, and controlling a display state of the image data to allow the particular region to be displayed on a screen of the user terminal unit. When a user inputs a keyword including content relating to a geographical feature or object, an actual shape of the geographical feature or object can be displayed on a screen of the user terminal unit.

Claims

1. A method of providing image data, comprising:

receiving a request of image data of a region in association with a keyword, the image data comprising at least one pixel column;

determining orientation information of the at least one pixel column;

acquiring image data of at least one geographical feature or object corresponding to the determined orientation information of the at least one pixel column; and

displaying the acquired image data of the region on a screen of a terminal unit.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the image data is associated with a region of a map.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the orientation information comprises azimuth information, and the keyword comprises identification information of a geographical feature or object located in an azimuth direction of the at least one pixel column with reference to the region of a map.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one pixel column comprises a shape of the image data.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

recognizing the shape appearing in the image data;

determining identification information about the shape of the image data by using the keyword; and

storing the at least one pixel column in association with the keyword.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying of the image data comprises:

determining a first region and a second region excluding the first region, the first region being a region of the image data to be displayed on the terminal unit; and

displaying the first region on the terminal unit,

wherein the first region comprises the requested region.

7. A method using a processor for providing relation between image data associated with a map and a keyword, the method comprising:

setting orientation information of a pixel column comprising image data;

acquiring region information of a map, the region information being associated with the image data; and

determining, by the processor, identification information of at least one geographical feature or object by using the region information and the orientation information, wherein

the pixel column is stored in association with a keyword related to the identification information of the at least one geographical feature or object.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

comparing a shape comprising the pixel column with shape data corresponding to the identification information of the at least one geographical feature or object.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the identification information of the at least one geographical feature or object associated with the pixel column comprises identification information corresponding to the shape data that corresponds to the shape comprising the pixel column.

10. A system for providing image data, comprising:

a keyword matching module to determine orientation information of at least one pixel column of image data of a region in response to detection of receiving a keyword; and

a user interface module to acquire image data of at least one geographical feature or object corresponding to the determined orientation information of the at least one pixel, and to display the acquired image data on a screen of a terminal unit.

11. A computer implemented system comprising a processor and a storage device for generating image data associated with a map and a keyword, the system comprising:

an orientation information setting module to set orientation information of a particular pixel column comprising image data; and

a keyword matching module, executed by the processor, to determine region information of a map, the region information being associated with the image data, to acquire identification information of at least one geographical feature or object by using the region information and the orientation information, and to store the pixel column in association with a keyword related to the identification information of the at least one geographical feature or object on the storage device.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising an executable program which, when executed by a processor, performs the following method:

receiving a request of image data of a region in association with a keyword, the image date comprising at least one pixel column;

determining, by the processor, orientation information of the at least one pixel column;

acquiring image data corresponding to the orientation information of the at least one pixel column; and

displaying the acquired image data on a screen of a terminal unit.

13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising an executable program which, when executed by a processor, performs the following method:

setting orientation information of a pixel column comprising image data;

acquiring region information of a map, the region information being associated with the image data; and

determining, by the processor, identification information of at least one geographical feature or object by using the region information and the orientation information, wherein

the pixel column is stored in association with a keyword related to the identification information of the at least one geographical feature or object.